Easy and winning oxtail potjie recipes

Whether it is a family gathering, camping, or one of those weekends you feel energized to prepare those mouthwatering dishes for your loved ones, you will never go wrong choosing to cook oxtail potjie. While growing up, our moms loved to make this dish every weekend. Most could not wait to dip their spoons in the deliciously well-cooked meal.

Oxtail potjie is delicious, and it has several nutritional values such as iron, sodium, and protein elements, which are necessary for growth. There are various ways you can prepare this delicacy at home.

Before starting on these simple oxtail recipes South Africa, note that oxtail requires a lot of patience, especially when it comes to preparing the renowned Jamie Oliver oxtail recipes. Hence, it is not something you can decide to prepare after work or wake up in the morning and decide to have it for lunch unless, of course, you have a pressure cooker. However, a good potjiekos recipe is best cooked the traditional way.

Some delicious oxtail potjie recipes to try

Below are some great recipes you can prepare for your family and friends.

Best oxtail potjie recipe

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Ingredients

250ml beef stock

Salt

Ground pepper

500ml red wine

Potatoes

4 large carrots

30ml butter

1 big piece celery

1 carrot, diced

30ml canola oil

Oxtail cut into pieces

Tomato paste

Flour (seasoned)

1 onion sliced

How to cook

1. For this beesstert potjie resep, take the pieces of oxtail, coat them with the seasoned flour and set aside.

2. Next, put your potjie on fire and heat the canola oil together with the butter.

3. Add the floured oxtail pieces and leave to cook till brown and place aside.

4. Now take onions and fry them in the pot till soft.

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5. Add the celery, rosemary, and carrots.

6. Take the rest of the vegetables left and add to your oxtail potjie recipe.

7. Simmer for a minute and lastly put the oxtail, tomato paste, stock, and wine.

8. Stir well and cover your potjie.

9. Cook over medium heat for 4 hours.

This recipe for oxtail can be served with some homemade bread or rice.

This is the best oxtail potjie recipe because it is the simplest of the three.

1. The oxtail should be well seasoned and coated with flour first.

2. Heat some oil in the pot and cook till brown. Add the onions and stir well. Add water that covers the meat well and leave to cook till it starts boiling.

3. Bring the heat down by removing some of the firewood. Leave to cook for 4 hours.

4. Ensure that the water levels do not go down by checking once every 30 minutes.

5. Remove the pot from the fire and leave it to cool for about 45 minutes.

6. Now put in the vegetables and put back in the fire till everything is ready.

7. Take the Knorr vegetable soup, put it into a bowl, and add hot water.

8. Mix well and add into the meat mixture and leave for 8 minutes.

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9. Serve with some rice or bread.

Three simple recipes you can try for a finger-licking bowl of oxtail potjie. If you want to try these out, make sure to buy your potjie and give your family a good time with the oxtail resep. There are various potjie pot sizes to choose from, and they are available online and offline. Also, start the fire in advance to avoid exposing the ingredients too long to reduce contamination.